The Business
Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.Podcasts
Mike Birbiglia and Eddie Schmidt talk Good One: A Show About Jokes; Coppola seeks home for passion project
Published: April 12, 2024, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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One Life director on the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton; Iger triumphs in Disney proxy fight
Published: April 5, 2024, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 41 seconds
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Shogun co-creators on their sprawling limited series; Inside the Ronna McDaniel-NBC staff uproar
Published: March 29, 2024, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds
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Steven Yeun on Beef; Disney CEO Bob Igers potential successors explained
Published: March 22, 2024, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds
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Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live; ID docuseries alleges years of abuse at Nickelodeon
Published: March 15, 2024, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Writer Tony McNamara on Poor Things; Disney heirs back Iger in proxy fight
Published: March 8, 2024, 8 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Composer Laura Karpman, new Disney and Netflix execs, and peak Boomer cinema
Published: March 1, 2024, 8 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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SPECIAL PREVIEW: Tony McNamara on adapting Poor Things
Published: Feb. 24, 2024, 8 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes
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Mstyslav Chernov on 20 Days in Mariupol; Fubo files lawsuit against announced sports megastreamer
Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird on adapting American Prometheus; Disneys proxy war wages on
Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 31 seconds
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Ed Zwick recounts his Glory Days; Disney dishes Q1 surprises
Published: Feb. 9, 2024, 8 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 6 seconds
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Making sense of the 24 Oscar noms; the future of the Netflix-WWE deal
Published: Feb. 2, 2024, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Netflix shake-ups, Jon Stewarts big news, and Matthew Heineman on American Symphony
Published: Jan. 26, 2024, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Inside the Tom Cruise-Warner Bros. deal; Jon Batiste talks American Symphony
Published: Jan. 19, 2024, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds
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Noah Hawley on season 5 of Fargo, Amazon layoffs
Published: Jan. 12, 2024, 9 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Gary Oldman on Slow Horses, Disney proxy fight continues
Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 9 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Hollywood predictions 2024: studios, streamers, and agencies
Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 8 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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A look back at Hollywoods rollercoaster year
Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Celine Song and Christine Vachon on Past Lives; inside Netflixs big data drop
Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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TV legend Norman Lear on a lifetime of experience; Actors approve deal
Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Serving up Waitress, streaming BroadwayHD, and Bob Iger on Disneys future
Published: Dec. 2, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Justine Bateman, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on AI contract language; Hollywoods lean holiday box office
Published: Nov. 24, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Kristoffer Borgli on the Dream Scenario of directing Nicolas Cage; The saga of Coyote vs. Acme
Published: Nov. 18, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Inside the end of the actors strike; James Burrows on the return of Frasier
Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 24 seconds
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Comedian-actress Leslie Jones bares it all in raw memoir; HBO trolls critics
Published: Nov. 4, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Robert Kirkman on Invincible Season 2; Israel-Hamas conflicts impact on Hollywood
Published: Oct. 28, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Agency heads feud, Ken Burns takes the (long) road less traveled with American Buffalo
Published: Oct. 21, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Encore: Creating Reservation Dogs with Indigenous cast and crew; Swifts concert hits theaters
Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds
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Oscar-winner costume designer reflects on career in new book; Netflix price hike
Published: Oct. 7, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Gareth Edwards The Creator zeroes in on AI tension as WGA leaders make a deal
Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 30 seconds
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Rupert Murdoch steps down, hip-hop femmes shine in the Dream Hampton produced docuseries Ladies First
Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Assessing the strikes damage, plus an encore with Navalny director Daniel Roher
Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Reservation Dogs director on Indigenous representation, Disney exits Spectrum
Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Telemarketers unpacks systemic scamming, CNN gets a new CEO
Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Encore: Steve Martin can't imagine 'Only Murders in the Building' without Selena Gomez
Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Blumhouse CEO breaks down real Hollywood horror as strikes rage on
Published: Aug. 19, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Bill Kristol on Fox Corp. accountability, Emmys postponed
Published: Aug. 12, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Sam Pollard on making The League, AMPTP reopens negotiations
Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Gloria Calderon Kellett calls for equitable storytelling, Barbenheimer wins the box office
Published: July 29, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Hollywood VFX expert weighs in on AI, studios and guilds dig in
Published: July 21, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on diversity, streaming wars, fate of movie theaters and more
Published: March 21, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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WGA leaders David Young and David Goodman on writers’ recent victory
Published: March 14, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 12 seconds
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Channing Godfrey Peoples and Neil Creque Williams on ‘Miss Juneteenth’
Published: March 5, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung and producer Christina Oh on ‘Minari’
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Revisiting Eliza Hittman on ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ now nominated for 7 Independent Spirit Awards
Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Director Ramin Bahrani and author Aravind Adiga on ‘The White Tiger’
Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ creator Austin Winsberg and choreographer Mandy Moore
Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Director Garrett Bradley and Concordia Studio’s Rahdi Taylor on ‘Time’
Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Director Alexander Nanau on the Romanian documentary ‘Collective’
Published: Jan. 24, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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George Clooney and Grant Heslov on ‘The Midnight Sky’
Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds
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Bryan Fogel and Tom Ortenberg on ‘The Dissident’
Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Growing up Disney, 2021 look-ahead banter
Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 9:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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2020 mega banter, ranking the streamers
Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Abigail Disney believes ‘there’s a moral disconnect’ at Disney
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Producer Jason Blum on Hollywood’s WarnerMedia upheaval
Published: Dec. 13, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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WarnerMedia shatters windows, Kamilah Forbes on ‘Between the World and Me’
Published: Dec. 6, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Aneesh Chaganty and Kiera Allen on Hulu’s ‘Run’
Published: Nov. 27, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Paramount chief Jim Gianopulos on running a film studio during a global pandemic
Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Nathan Grossman on ‘I Am Greta’
Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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What it’s like to be a Hollywood COVID manager
Published: Nov. 8, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Steve James on ‘City So Real’
Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Revisiting Jeffrey Katzenberg on Quibi
Published: Oct. 25, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Alex Gibney on ‘Agents of Chaos’ and ‘Totally Under Control’
Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Ethan Hawke and James McBride on ‘The Good Lord Bird’
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Anita Hill and Nina Shaw on the Hollywood Commission
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Billy Ray on ‘The Comey Rule’
Published: Sept. 26, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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‘Mulan,’ ‘Tenet,’ and awards season
Published: Sept. 19, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Isabel Sandoval stars as Olivia in her film “Lingua Franca,” now streaming on Netflix. Image courtesy of Array.
Published: Sept. 12, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Replay: Greg Whiteley on the Emmy-nominated ‘Cheer’
Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss on ‘Boys State’
Published: Aug. 29, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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End-of-summer extras from memorable guests
Published: Aug. 22, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Remembering the lyricist behind ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin’
Published: Aug. 15, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Prentice Penny on ‘Insecure’
Published: Aug. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Replay: Damon Lindelof’s ‘Watchmen’
Published: Aug. 1, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Old Guard’
Published: July 25, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Rod Lurie and Jake Tapper’s ‘The Outpost’
Published: July 18, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds
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Peter Medak’s ‘The Ghost of Peter Sellers’
Published: July 11, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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David France’s ‘Welcome to Chechnya’
Published: July 3, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Laverne Cox and Sam Feder on their Netflix documentary ‘Disclosure’
Published: June 26, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Judd Apatow’s ‘The King of Staten Island’
Published: June 19, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Policing on television
Published: June 13, 2020, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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AMC’s ‘Quiz,’ plus Hollywood’s response to protests
Published: June 6, 2020, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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‘On the Record’ filmmakers talk behind-the-scenes drama of their Russell Simmons documentary
Published: June 1, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance’ chronicles Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls
Published: May 25, 2020, 8:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Alice Wu’s ‘The Half of It’
Published: May 15, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Hollywood prop maker turns to fabricating face shields
Published: May 8, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Dahvi Waller’s ‘Mrs. America’
Published: May 1, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Revisiting Bong Joon Ho and ‘Parasite.’ Plus should theaters reopen?
Published: April 24, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Jeffrey Katzenberg on Quibi and his Hollywood tenure
Published: April 20, 2020, 8:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Samantha Bee and Jason Jones on making ‘Full Frontal’ from the woods
Published: April 10, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Eliza Hittman’s ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
Published: April 3, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Jobless Hollywood workers cope with coronavirus
Published: March 30, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Netflix’s ‘Crip Camp’
Published: March 20, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Anti-NDA initiative ‘Lift Our Voices’
Published: March 16, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Autumn de Wilde’s ‘Emma’
Published: March 6, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Bob Iger’s resignation, ‘Sonic’ saved
Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Theatrical release delays: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate,’ ‘Sonic,’ ‘The Hunt’
Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Harvey Weinstein in jail following guilty verdict
Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ director on contradictions of filmmaking in France
Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Post-Oscars bonus banter!
Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds
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‘Cheer’ director on the glory and agony of college cheerleading
Published: Feb. 8, 2020, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Oscar nominees turn footage smuggled out of Syria into ‘For Sama’
Published: Feb. 1, 2020, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Bong Joon Ho on making ‘Parasite,’ then making history
Published: Jan. 25, 2020, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Kim Masters on ‘The Catch and Kill Podcast’ with Ronan Farrow
Published: Jan. 18, 2020, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Three filmmakers reflect on early career struggles
Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Revisiting director Lulu Wang on ‘The Farewell’
Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Megabanter year-in-review: 2019 edition
Published: Dec. 21, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds
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How Victoria Mahoney made ‘Star Wars’ history
Published: Dec. 21, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Nanfu Wang on going back to China – and avoiding surveillance – to make ‘One Child Nation’
Published: Dec. 14, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Greta Gerwig on making ‘Little Women’ -- her way
Published: Dec. 7, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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With #PayUpHollywood, assistants speak out
Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ director on the bumpy road to a box office bomb
Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 10 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Revisiting Peter Jackson on 'They Shall Not Grow Old,' back in theaters soon
Published: Nov. 16, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Damon Lindelof goes deep on the unreleased movie ‘The Hunt’
Published: Nov. 9, 2019, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Showrunner Damon Lindelof on HBO’s ‘Watchmen’
Published: Nov. 2, 2019, midnightDuration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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Prolific TV producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage on ‘Looking for Alaska’
Published: Oct. 26, 2019, midnightDuration: 28 minutes 32 seconds
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